BAHAWALPUR: Radio Pakistan, Bahawalpur’s special Flood Relief transmission “Saanjh” has received a healthy response from its listeners and the people of Bahawalpur as Radio Pakistan, Bahawalpur has so far collected more than Rso.3 million donation at its Flood Relief Fund Cell at the Gate of the PBC. Moreover the Radio listeners have handed over relief […]
KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday announced that the government would confer Pride of Performance on the martyred driver of Aaj TV and cameraman of SAMAA TV, Aaj News reported. He made the announcement while talking to media at the Chief Minister’s House in Quetta. Interior Minister further said that the government would offer […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday sought time to file written reply in a petition challenging recent appointments of assistant general managers in the authority. Justice Sagheer Ahmed Qadri of the LHC’s Rawalpindi bench put off the hearing in the petition of Khalid Mehmood and three others till September 8 after a […]
ISLAMABAD — To implement an MOU signed during the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to China in July this year, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and China Radio International (CRI) signed a statement of collaboration here on Saturday for cooperation between the two organisations. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chairperson National […]
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) appeal to the Government of Pakistan and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to allow setting up of emergency community radio stations in areas that have suffered from the current floods in Pakistan. We call upon all concerned agencies in Pakistan […]
By Ahmed Noorani ISLAMABAD: Pemra refused to appoint Saif-ul-Malook as the counsel of the authority in the Supreme Court in the cable operators case to be heard today (TUESDAY) despite pressure from high-ups. Saiful Malook was given briefings regarding the issue of putting Geo News another channel off air by the relevant pemra officials but […]
Another govt move to pressurise Jang Group KARACHI: On an application by the Independent Media Corporation, a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Abdul Haadi Khoso, granted permission to Geo TV to air the programme “Khabron Se Aage”, and passed orders to issue notices to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Chairman Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to submit the transcript of its programme, reportedly arranged by Ministry of Information wherein the court was censured for directing Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to restore uninterrupted broadcast of all news channels. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, […]
LAHORE: A team of actors will be leaving for Nowshehra with food for sehri for flood victims, as the Lollywood film industry’s actors have enhanced their fund raising activities for those affected by the flood, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. Director Sangeeta said that under the supervision of the BG Foundation, the Lollywood […]
HYDERABAD: Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has launched a web-based channel called ‘web channel’ for disseminating information about the flood situation in the province. The channel has been launched on the directions of Director General PBC, Murtaza Solangi. A PBC spokesman apprised APP on Sunday that the channel launched by Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad would broadcast a […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Mr Mushtaq Malik, on Friday to immediately ensure uninterrupted transmission of two private television channels and take strict action against cable operators who blocked the channels in different cities. “Under the circumstances, sufficient material is available to […]
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer — who is also the director of the World Call group — on Thursday rejected allegations that the cable-TV company played an instrumental role in banning broadcast of a private TV channel on cable in parts of Sindh. Addressing a press conference in the capital city, Taseer said that it […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday the government had no role in blocking two television channels’ transmission, saying it was the result of a tug-of-war between two groups of cable operators. Replying to a volley of questions after briefing the media persons about the latest flood situation and the […]
ISLAMABAD: The media persons from across the country continued their protest in the strongest terms against the blockage of the transmission of Geo News and other channels and against the attacks on the offices of the Jang Group and burning of copies of the Jang and The News on Wednesday. In Islamabad, the journalists gathered […]
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